Guide to the Teodoro Vidal Collection NMAH.AC.0712 Jose Delannoy 2001 Archives Center, National Museum of American History P.O. Box 37012 Suite 1100, MRC 601 Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 [email protected] http://americanhistory.si.edu/archives Table of Contents Collection Overview ........................................................................................................ 1 Administrative Information .............................................................................................. 1 Arrangement..................................................................................................................... 2 Scope and Contents........................................................................................................ 2 Biographical / Historical.................................................................................................... 1 Names and Subjects ...................................................................................................... 2 Container Listing ............................................................................................................. 3 Series 1: Personal Papers, 1942-1992.................................................................... 3 Series 2: Vidal Family Background Materials........................................................ 18 Series 3: Maps....................................................................................................... 30 Series 4: Prints and General Posters.................................................................... 31 Series 5: Religious Materials.................................................................................. 35 Series 6: Publications, 1880-1998......................................................................... 72 Series 7: General Photographs, 1870 - 1988........................................................ 77 Series 8: Poems, Ten Line Poems (Décimas), 1972 - 1973, 1978 - 1978.............. 89 Series 9: Miscellaneous Materials.......................................................................... 90 Teodoro Vidal Collection NMAH.AC.0712 Collection Overview Repository: Archives Center, National Museum of American History Title: Teodoro Vidal Collection Identifier: NMAH.AC.0712 Date: 1592-1992 Extent: 4 Cubic feet (15 boxes, 10 oversized folders) Creator: Vidal, Teodoro Language: Collection is in English. Some materials in Spanish. Digital Image(s): Teodoro Vidal Collection Content: Administrative Information Processing Information Collection processed by Jose Delannoy, 2001. Preferred Citation Teodoro Vidal Collection, 1592-1992, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. Restrictions Collection is open for research. Conditions Governing Use Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions. Biographical / Historical Collector of art, artifacts and documents on the history, culture and people of Puerto Rico. Vidal donated his artifact collection to the National Museum of American History in 1997. Page 1 of 90 Teodoro Vidal Collection NMAH.AC.0712 Scope and Contents Maps, prints, posters, religious articles, publications and photographs, relating to the history and culture of Puerto Rico. Mr. Vidal's family and personal papers are also included. Arrangement Collection is divided into nine series. Series 1: personal Papers Series 2: Vidal Family Background Materials Series 3: Maps Series 4: Prints and General Posters Series 5: Religious Materials Series 6: Publications Series 7: General Photographs Series 8: Poems, Ten Line Poems Series 9: Miscellaneous Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms: Subjects: Art -- Collecting and Collectors -- Puerto Rico Art, Puerto Rican Folk art Puerto Rico -- History Santos (Art) Types of Materials: Maps Photographs -- Puerto Rico Posters -- Puerto Rico Prayers Prints -- Puerto Rico Religious objects -- Puerto Rico Geographic Names: Puerto Rico -- Antiquities Page 2 of 90 Series 1: Personal Papers Teodoro Vidal Collection NMAH.AC.0712 Container Listing Series 1: Personal Papers, 1942-1992 Subseries 1.1: Documents Box 1, Folder 1 Correspondence, Invitations and Notes addressed to Vidal, 1942-1994 Box 1, Folder 1 Serigraphy by Irene Delano. Nativity scene at a boat in the ocean. Message: "Brincan y bailan los peces en el río, brincan y bailan de ver a Dios nacido." Sent by Jack Delano. Box 1, Folder 1 Holidays card of the Three Kings. Sculpture by Genaro Rivera. Mesagge (inside): "Muchas Felicidades en la Navidad y el Año Nuevo." Signed by T. Vidal. Note: there is another copy in box 10, folder 21. Box 1, Folder 1 Thank you card of condolence sent by Teodoro Vidal and Guillermo Vidal for the death of their aunt Amanda. Box 1, Folder 1 Christmas serigraphy of the Three Kings on horses and Santa Claus on a deer (like a merry-go-round). Sent by Sontheimer, Runkle & Associates, Inc. Box 1, Folder 1 Christmas card sent and signed by Luis Muñoz Marín during the holidays of 1972. Message: "Alegria, Alegría, Alegría." Box 1, Folder 1 Holidays serigraphy of a family playing instruments. Sent by Luis Muñoz Marín and wife during the holidays of 1964. Message (inside): "El Gobernador Luis Muñoz Marín y su esposa les desean alegres Pascuas de Navidad y un buen Año Nuevo." Box 1, Folder 1 Holidays serigraphy of the Three Kings on horses and people playing instruments. Message: "Toquen, toquen tambores y flautas. Vamos, vamos al jardín florido a ver al niño hermoso que en el portal ha nacido." Sent by Jack Delano. Box 1, Folder 1 Holiday card sent by Jack Delano. Portrait of a girl dressed as an angel. Written on the front: "¡Felicidades! Jack Delano", on the back: "En una procesión religiosa en San Juan de Puerto Rico – 1946." Box 1, Folder 1 List of passengers of the S.S. Coamo from San Juan, P.R. and Trujillo City, D.R. to New York on September 12, 1940. Lucila Santoni and Teodoro Vidal were aboard. Includes a short newsclipping announcing the trip. Box 1, Folder 1 Letter from Luis Muñoz Marín to Teodoro Vidal thanking Mr. Vidal for the work done during the years of service at La Fortaleza. Dated February 12, Page 3 of 90 Series 1: Personal Papers Teodoro Vidal Collection NMAH.AC.0712 1965. Signed by Luis Muñoz Marín, includes its envelope post marked on 2/13/65. Box 1, Folder 1 Document sent to Teodoro Vidal by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania notifying him of his election as a member of the Society. Dated September 18, 1950. Box 1, Folder 1 List of passengers of the S.S. Borinquen from San Juan, P.R. and Trujillo City, D.R. to New York on September 4, 1941. Teodoro Vidal and his mother, Lucila were aboard. Box 1, Folder 1 Wedding invitation: Carmen M. Torruella and Manuel R. Alvarez. Took place in Paris on November 28, 1929. Includes the original envelope sent to Mr. and Mrs. Teodoro Vidal. Box 1, Folder 1 Invitation for two exhibits: The Arts of Puerto Rico 1. Milagros: Ex-votos (December 9, 1976) and 2. Portraits by Francisco Rodón and Drawings by Juan Ramón Velásquez (January 18, 1977). Box 1, Folder 1 Invitation for the 5th meeting of the Iberoamerican Conference of Commissions for the Celebration of the 5th Century of the Discovery of America. Took place on May 26, 1987 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Includes its original envelope sent to Teodoro Vidal. Box 1, Folder 1 Invitation for the Official Greeting to the King and Queen of Spain. Took place on May 26, 1987 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Includes its envelope sent to Teodoro Vidal. Box 1, Folder 1 Thank you letter sent to Teodoro Vidal by Governor Rafael Hernández Colón and his wife, to thank him for being part of the team that organized the visit of the King and Queen of Spain to Puerto Rico in 1987. Includes its envelope. Box 1, Folder 1 Invitation to a cocktail to honor Plácido Domingo in 1985 at La Fortaleza. Box 1, Folder 1 Telegram for an invitation to a buffet at La Frotaleza. Sent by Governor and Mrs. R. G. Tugwell on March 14, 1946 to Mr. and Mrs. Teodoro Vidal. Box 1, Folder 1 Teodoro Vidal's First Communion Card. Dated May 3, 1933. Box 1, Folder 1 Invitation to the inaugural reception of the Governor Luis Muñoz Marín. There is no year on it (only says that took place in January 2). Box 1, Folder 1 Invitation to the opening of the exhibit "José Campeche y Su Tiempo" on January 15, 1988 at the Ponce Art Museum. Page 4 of 90 Series 1: Personal Papers Teodoro Vidal Collection NMAH.AC.0712 Box 1, Folder 1 Religious Card (with picture of the Virgin Mary) as a souvenir of the 95th birthday of María Aboy Viuda de Pérez Pierret. Box 1, Folder 1 Thank you card of condolence for an unknown person's death. Sent by Inés María and Luis Muñoz Marín in February of 1965 to Mr. Guillermo Vidal. Includes its envelope. Box 1, Folder 1 Thank you letter from Miguel Hernández Agosto regarding a message that Teodoro Vidal sent in relation to the Cerro Maravilla trial ("vistas"). Includes its envelope. Box 1, Folder 1 Supper Menu "The Assembly Ball" of the Hotel Atop The Bellevue in Philadelphia; Saturday December 21, 1991. Box 1, Folder 1 Invitation for a reception hosted by the President of Costa Rica and his wife, at the Caribe Hilton Hotel on February 24, 1956. Box 1, Folder 1 Invitation for a reception hosted by the President of Haiti, at the Caribe Hilton Hotel on February